First time grower, full of doubts - Also sort of a growth journal

[Builder0101]

Hi again guys. So yesterday i started the LST. Before the work started i spotted that little girl on the photos, growing underneath one of the girls. "Plague", i thought, and i took it out. After observing it looks like a very small plant. I was dumbfounded. I've put it on a small pot, and let it be on the tent. So, anyone has any idea of how this is possible? There was only one seed.
Another thing. Is it imperative to keep the RH around 40% on the late stages? According to your experience, if it is over 50% but under 60% will it work?
Builder0101 I have found this dehumidifier. It's small but it uses double the electricity of the other one you said was only usefull to a glove
box. Do you think that this one, inside the tent, could make a difference?
Thanks to all, and chime in.

In all likelihood it will. You will be able to figure out how to open doors. Extend the exhaust from your inline fan etc. 2x the power usage should equate to 2x the humidity pull for the most part. If you can hit 65-70% during veg with 82°f and no more than 50% RH during flower you will be fine. Remember that 50% RH lights out will be close to 40% lights on. If you can water as soon as lights come on it will help to keep RH down 18 hours later when lights go out.

 

[OttoCBD]

It just dawned on me that you might want to give Zeolite a try. It's known to absorb moisture as well as odors and is relatively inexpensive and easy to get.

 

[Django_TO]

Well, i may be the stupidest person ever. So, my theory for the high humidity/problems with reducing it is the following: The air extracted from the tent goes to the closed room where the tent is. So it gets harder reducing RH after it reaches 50%-55%. I found out that without using the deshumidifier i get the same RH reduction by leaving a window slightly ajar. Before investing on another deshumidifier or a stronger extractor i'm going to apply a tube from the extractor to the "patio" outside, keeping the window a bit open. I have no problems with the smell. I mean the girls smell great but where i live that won´t be a problem.
If this doesn´t work i'll check other solutions. Should i get a filter to avoid bugs to make the opposite journey, or the air flow blows them away?
Thanks

 

[OttoCBD]

Well, i may be the stupidest person ever. So, my theory for the high humidity/problems with reducing it is the following: The air extracted from the tent goes to the closed room where the tent is. So it gets harder reducing RH after it reaches 50%-55%. I found out that without using the deshumidifier i get the same RH reduction by leaving a window slightly ajar. Before investing on another deshumidifier or a stronger extractor i'm going to apply a tube from the extractor to the "patio" outside, keeping the window a bit open. I have no problems with the smell. I mean the girls smell great but where i live that won´t be a problem.
If this doesn´t work i'll check other solutions. Should i get a filter to avoid bugs to make the opposite journey, or the air flow blows them away?
Thanks

It would suck to have to battle bugs so an air filter certainly couldn't hurt. You can probably rig something up yourself using pantyhose, cheese cloth or something similar.

 

[Builder0101]

I was trying to get you to open doors etc.
Glad you found something that works for now.
I gotta tell you that my furnace runs a lot less with my dehu on. The heat supplements the furnace. I think the cost of running the dehu is offset by the reduction in furnace run time.
I think there were concerns regarding cost of operating dehu. May have been someone else.

 

[Django_TO]

I was trying to get you to open doors etc.
Glad you found something that works for now.
I gotta tell you that my furnace runs a lot less with my dehu on. The heat supplements the furnace. I think the cost of running the dehu is offset by the reduction in furnace run time.
I think there were concerns regarding cost of operating dehu. May have been someone else.

Hi. Yes, my SO said that the dehu uses a lot of energy. I'm not sure what the furnace is. Is it your house heating system, or something like that? In relation to the doors, my girls (3 weeks on soil today, and boy are they growing), have a strong smell, so i did not wanted to allow the smell around the house. I was afraid that the opened window would get the room too cold. But, during the day, it never gets below 21.ºC. So, my idea is open window with tube during the day, and if it's too cold at night, closed window and dehu. But that's an issue for, i would say, two week from now, more or less. Later this week, if you all would like, i'll post a few more pics.
Thanks

 

[Builder0101]

Yes it is cold here so the heat from the dehu offsets my home heating system to a degree. summertime I will have an issue.

 

[Django_TO]

Yes it is cold here so the heat from the dehu offsets my home heating system to a degree. summertime I will have an issue.

My home has a good insulation, so the temp inside is hotter than outside in winter and cooler and the summer. Even without the heating on it's always around 18º-20ºC. I use the central heating to help the girls, but never over 26.º C, usually around 23º-24º. They seem to enjoy it. Next grow i'm planning on putting 2 or 3 girls outside. Maybe after May, or something like that. Give them 3/4 weeks on the tent and then transplant to bigger pots and let them be outside until they are ready. Not sure if i should do it, or if i should use autos or not. Probably not, but i have a lot of time to plan. I just wat to see the difference really.

 

[Builder0101]

Outside is great. You can get 2 or 3 harvests outside with autos. Depending on plant limit or whatever where you live. I plan on bringing my father a plant every 2 weeks this spring and summer. I'll start the 1st one in april. He will have bud by the end of june. He will have 5 or 6 harvests if I stagger them correctly.

 

[Django_TO]

Outside is great. You can get 2 or 3 harvests outside with autos. Depending on plant limit or whatever where you live. I plan on bringing my father a plant every 2 weeks this spring and summer. I'll start the 1st one in april. He will have bud by the end of june. He will have 5 or 6 harvests if I stagger them correctly.

Well, I'm just planning for now. The fact is i still have some seeds. I've been keeping them inside a box on the refrigerator. So next grow i was planning on germinate some and put them outside and after that germinate the other and grow them inside the tent. Let's see if my SO is on board with this idea